My passport definitely filled up during the drive out of Bandar and into Kota Kinabalu - it involved seven border crossings which means seven new stamps and seven arrival/departure cards to fill out. So there's not that much to do in KK - it's the stop point for people on route to Kinabalu National Park. I met up with the boys, now just shapiro and robbie, and some people they'd met travelling, went wandering around the shopping malls, the waterfront markets which is probably the best thing about the city, and we also went bowling one night. I also booked my MOUNTAIN CLIMB! and the people in the tourist agency kept talking about me in chinese like about what they thought my fitness levels were and whether they thought I'd make it to the top, not knowing that I could understand every word.. I also met a bunch of people from my hostel also doing the climb the same day as me, including 3 miners from Tanzania and Australia in my dorm room, who were really nice and supportive and made me feel a lot less scared even though I was terrified. I'd not done any exercise in ages, I just assumed all the travelling would count towards upping my personal fitness levels but stopped kidding myself and started getting really nervous and worried.